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'Quinn f gettoni @Hite L. TARBOXQSOF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.`

Leners Pat-ent No. 81,032, dated August 11, 186e.

To ALL w'HoM IT MAY ooNcERN:

Be it known that I, EUGENE L. '.lAItnoX, of Nashville, in the county of Davidson, and State of Tennessee, haveiuvented a new and improved Stencil-Plate; and I do hereby declare that the following is'a'full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same,`refer`enee being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. l v

This invention relates to plates, through which letters or figures are cut for marking boites, bales, and other articles, called stencil-plates. I i

Andit consists in arranging the letters ofthe alphabet and the figures in circles, and in a revolving shield,

whereby the letters or iigures'mayy be transferred singly, or one at a. time.

The drawing represents the plate with the shieh A. is the knob or handle. g

It is fastened to the plate by a screw or otherwise. i

B is the plate, which is a. circular disk, of copper or other suitable rnetal, with the letters of the lalphabet;

cut through it, and also with a cirelc'of gures, (the nine digits and the' 0.)

C represents the shield.

This shield' revolves around the shank of the handle A freely, and has two orifices through it at a radius .from the centre corresponding with the circles ot" letters and figures inthe plate. 4 I As seen in the drawing, this shield is broad enough to cover a portion of the plate, while the letter or figure which it is desired to use is exposed through the orifices, as seen.

In thev position seen inthe drawing, the shield allows the letter B and the figure 6 to be used, without interfering with any other letters or figures, and so on with all the letters and figures on the plate. I This arrangement obviate's the necessity of having more than one stencil-plate for marking, thereby avoiding much expense and trouble.

Y I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The plate B, 4the shield C, -and the handle A,'construeted and arranged with regard to the letters and figures, and to each other, substantially as and for the purpose described. I

EUGENE L. TARBOX.

e W. H. WISE. 

